The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-09-12

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mendation for the cause Of tho Union or
the field Of Gettysburg, going ''a.fshins'
on Decoration Day, writing Insulting ye
toea OF private pensions bills and propoa
Ing to return TO tho Confederate States
the haga captured from them In battle.
"By this courna many OF tho people oI
the south have been mlsled into the be
llet that tho opiniona and Bentiments oi
the people OF the North have undergone
change, and tha. We no longer feel tha,
secession and rebellion wore tho grea,
crimes we claimed them to be when We
took up arms and suppressed thom.
"wHAr THE PEOPLE OF THE NORTH WANT
Is entire peace and fraternity Tor the
whole land and the people Of every sec.
ton. But they want this peace and good
will On tho baals OF q complete recogni.
tton and acceptance OF all the fuits and
results ot the war, and they will not have
1t otherwise. They do not want, and will
not have anything at tho expense OF writ.
Ing down the Union soldiers US lot Of
tramps aud yagabonde, nor upon the cou.
dition tha. the men who sought to destroy
tho Union shall be elevated to the same
plano OF patriotism with the men who
saved 1t. Neither will wo be content 10
long as there is a eystematic denial of
right at the ballo. box or otherwise to any
CLANS whatever OF citizens. We are gladly
willing to accord to the mass OF the men
who bore the Confederate banner to bat.
tle, the sincereas convictions OF duty and
the display Of tho highest possible degree
Of manly courage and heroic valor, but
we are not willing TO recognizes In any way
whatever, in tho slightest degree, any act
or Dpeech that indicates changed es!i.
mate Of the ideas upon which the Conied.
eracy was based. r ~
what we want, in other words, is that
all questions involved in the war shall
stand just where tho war left them, and
that with the Rettlement of that great
struggle acquieaced in and upheld, our
BACKS. both North and South, shall ba
turned forever upon all sectional prejudice
and bitterness, to the end that We may 20
forward, shoulder to shoulder, as one peo.
pie, IN the enjoyment OF common pr0s-
perity, to the achievement Of that mag.
nihcent destiny, grauder than any lan.
gusgs can describe, that is wrapped up In
the years Of the future for the Whole
American people. l rejoice in the
belief that, notwithstanding the unwise
action Of the Preaident, and notwithstand.
Ing the Incorporate and unpatrio.ic Ian
guage Of many newspapers and leaders Of
the Democratic party, this desire Is shared
by the great body OF the people OF all aec-
tions Of the country. ~, '.E II.
At great length the Governor discussed
the tariff question, in the courss OF which
he said: 53s1.7-'77.T5 -f'
"The truth Of the matter has been,
however, that while there are many DEM
ocra's who are protec.ionists, yet the
psrty, as such, has ali the while been, and
is now essentially irso.trads party,
They have not always had the irankness
90 to declare themselves, especially not In
Ohio. You will remember how in their
platforms Of 1854 they declared in
favor Of the restoration OF the "a
WOOL TARIFF g
Of 1867, and now, under the leadership OF
Governor Hoadly, they everywhere gave
out the promise to the wool.growers that
If restored to power they would restore the
taIiff. But they have been restored to
power and the wool tayiif has not bsen
changed. And what ia more important,
ia the fact that the proposition Of the Ma.
ttonst Democratic Administration and
psrty is now to pu. wool on the free list.
In harmony with this policy OF the Ns.
tional party, tho State Democratic plat.
form 10 entirely silen. about wool. The
woo!-growers OF the State will please take
notice. therefore, that the Democrats ol
Ohio no longer pretend to be in favor, OF
any tariff on wool. The truth OF the mat.
ter is they nsver did in good earnest have
any Intention to restore the old duty.
Their claim in that respect was but false
pretense intended to catch vo.es. 5.,
II may be excused II I content myself
with simply declaring that We favor pro.
tecllye policy because we do not believe in
bringing iron ore to this country while our
own hills are full OF it. We do not believe
tn bringing coal from across three thou.
3and milea of water when exhaustleea
quantities are buriod in the ground be.
meath our feet, and as We do not believe
in importing these products, neither do we
believe in going to Australia, India or
South America for our wool or wheat, or
anything else tina! we can rsias es well as
they. Neither do wo believe in going to
England, France, Germany or any other
country for cur machinery, cutlery, pot
tory, silks, carpets Or anything else which
we can and may produce 90 we'll as not.
On the contrary, We think the good Lord
put iron and coal here that they might be
used here. We do not think tbst He
over intended that the coal and iron Of
Europe should supply the wants Of Amer.
lea, or that America should surrender or
ignore any OF her ustursl advantages.
We believe that He intended that Yo
should make the most OF our opportuni-
ties, and that ii is wise statemanship 10
act accordingly. The advantages Of d.
versity OF employment ere maniieBt. Ii
We vera all farmers Wo would all hs
in competition with each othsl. We
would have far larger product and great
ly leeasned demand ior it. Oar internal
commerce would consist chiefly Of a hur-
rying and jostling rivalry to get to the sea-
board with tho amall portion, which for
egn nations would take, Of our greatly in
creased surplus. We, believe it better for
the whole people, and especially better for
our farming interest, to have oil kinds oi
trades and occupatsons, and, therefore,
We want furnaces. ioyges, foundrles, fac.
torics and workshops on every hand and
we want them full and busy, we'll paid
mechanics and artiEans. In this way com.
pstitioa Of the farmers with each other is
lessered, and they are given a greater
market and better one, because our own,
Tor all their products. The consequence
is, not simply bstter price for their lauda
aud their cropa, but also loss cost I'd
them, as e4perieqcs has demonstrated, for
practically all they may have occasion to
buy. And as 1t Is with the farmers, so it
is With everybody else. Aa individuals ali
derive benefit, aud the prosperity is uni.
versat. But to 'ys as a Nation there is
still another gain. The result is tho
upbullding of g great internal com.
merca that makes US ACQUAINTED